Fluid Mecahnics demos

Fluids Mechanics demonstrations

Surface Tension

• Force Of Surface Tension

Sliding Wire (2a10.10)
Submerged Float (2a10.15)
Leaky Boats (2a10.25)
Cohesion/Adhesion Plates (2a10.35)
Bubbles (2a10.50)
Rubber Balloons (2a10.51)
Surface Tension Bottle (2a10.60)

• Minimal Surfaces

Pop The Center (2a15.10)
Soap Film Shapes (2a15.20)
Catenoid Soap Film (2a15.21)

• Capillary Action

Capillary Tubes (2a20.10)

Statics Of Fluids

• Static Pressure

Pressure Independent Of Direction (2b20.10)
Dropping Plate (2b20.20)
Weigh A Water Column (2b20.30)
Chicken Barometer (2b20.32)
Pascal's Vases (2b20.40)
Hydraulic Press (2b20.60)
Weight On A Beach Ball (2b20.66)

• Atmospheric Pressure

Lead Bar (2b30.05)
Crush The Soda Can (2b30.15)
Crush A 55 Gallon Drum (2b30.20)
Crush The Can With Vacuum Pump (2b30.25)
Magdeburg Hemispheres (2b30.30)
Magdeburg Hemisphere Swing (2b30.33)
Magdeberg Tug-Of-War (2b30.34)
Suction Cups (2b30.36)
Soda Straw Contest (2b30.40)
Lift A Stool (2b30.50)
Stick And Newspaper (2b30.60)

• Measuring Pressure

Mercury Barometer (2b35.10)
Pull Up Mercury Barometer (2b35.20)
Manometer (2b35.30)

• Density And Buoyancy

Weigh Submerged Block (2b40.10)
Board & Weights (2b40.14)
Archimedes Principle (2b40.20)
Battleship In A Bathtub (2b40.25)
Cartesian Diver (2b40.30)
Buoyancy Of Air (2b40.40)
Buoyancy Balloon (2b40.42)
Weight Of Air (2b40.45)

• Siphons, Fountains, And Pumps

Hero'S Fountain (2b60.10)
Hydraulic Ram (2b60.60)

Dynamics Of Fluids

• Flow Rate

Velocity Of Efflux (2c10.10)

• Bernoulli Force

• Viscosity *

Terminal Velocity In Water And Glycerin (2c30.50)
Terminal Velocity - Styrofoam (2c30.60)
Terminal Velocity Coffee Filters (2c30.65)

• Turbulent And Streamline Flow
• Vortices
• Non-Newtonian Fluids